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Features: DVD, Gift Set, Director's Cut, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Extended Scenes, Audio Commentary, Featurettes, Storyboards, Deleted Scenes, Art Galleries, English, French Subtitled, 3 Discs
From visionary writer/director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, The Devil's Backbone) comes Hellboy, a supernatural action adventure based on Mike Mignola's popular Dark Horse Comics series of the same name. Born in the flames of hell and brought to Earth as an infant to perpetrate evil, Hellboy (Ron Perlman) was rescued from sinister forces by the benevolent Dr. Broom (John Hurt), who raised him to be a hero. In Dr. Broom's secret Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy creates an unlikely family consisting of the telepathic "Mer-Man" Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) and Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), the woman he loves who can control fire. Hidden from the very society that they protect, they stand as the key line of defense against an evil madman who seeks to reclaim Hellboy to the dark side and use his powers to destroy mankind.
Editor's Note
Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Along with the fire-throwing Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and the amphibious psychic Abe Sapien (Doug Jones, with the voice of David Hyde Pierce), Hellboy is joined by new recruit John Myers (Rupert Evans), a squeaky-clean FBI agent assigned to keep the big red devil's exploits in check. Things get out of hand, however, when a vicious monster is unleashed by the villainous Rasputin (Karl Roden), leading to events that may set off an apocalyptic nightmare for humanity.Echoing Peter Jackson's passion for THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, HELLBOY is a labor of love from del Toro, a longtime fan of the comic and its creator. The director's enthusiasm shows, since HELLBOY is a wondrously strange slice of pulpy adventure, mixed with horror and humor, and enhanced by stunning visual effects. In the title role (and lots of red makeup), Perlman is pitch-perfect, giving the good-natured misfit a powerful--yet surprisingly sensitive--presence. Blair, Evans, Hurt, and other actors are similarly well cast, rounding out an ensemble intent on retaining the movie's dark yet superbly entertaining tone.
| Features | "From The Den" Hellboy Recommends... Gerald McBoing Boing Animated Shorts | | "Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation" A 2 1/2 Hour Documentary On The Making Of The Film. Includes The Origin Of The Comic, Prosthetic Effects, Visual Effects, Set Design, Stunts And More! | | "Right Hand of Doom" Set Visits | | 3-Disc Set | | Director's Cut | | Animatics | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Dubbed | | Branching DVD Comics Drawn By Mike Mignola | | Cast Audio Commentary: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor And Rupert Evans | | Character Bios Written By The Director | | Creator Audio Commentary: Guillermo del Toro (Director) And Mike Mignola (Co-Executive Producer) | | Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Guillermo del Toro | | DVD-ROM: Printable Original Screenplay Script, Supervisor's Book, Director's Notebook | | Includes Hellboy Action Figure | | Interactive Menus | | Maquette 3-D Character Sculptures Video Gallery | | Motion Board-a-matics | | Multi-Angle Storyboard Comparisons | | Poster Explorations | | Scene Selection | | Storyboard Track | | Subtitles | | Trailers And TV Spots | | Video Introduction By Guillermo del Toro | | Video Introduction By Ron Perlman | | Video Introduction By Selma Blair | | Weblink To Hellboy Merchandise | | Widescreen Presentation | | Three deleted scenes with optional commentary | | Video Introduction to Disc 1 by Guillermo del Toro | | Video Introduction to Disc 3 by Ron Perlman | | Q&A Archive: Comic Con 2002 featuring Guillermo del Toro, Ron Perlman and Mike Mignola | | Scene deconstruction – director Guillermo del Toro walks us through the evolution of a scene from his sketches to the storyboards to the finished scene | | Subtitles: English, French | | Poster Explorations for the Hellboy theatrical campaign | | Previews | | Production Workshop featurettes | | Kroenen’s Lair – four storyboard to film comparisons | | Maquette Rotations Gallery | | Mike Mignola Pre-Production Artwork | | Filmographies | | Five Board-A-Matics – side-by-side comparison of scenes with the animated storyboards | | Four Animatics - computer-generated animated scene breakdowns | | Director’s Notebook, Printable Script and expanded Script Supervisor’s Book | | Eight Branching DVD Comics by Mike Mignola: An onscreen look at Hellboy comic books with all new expanded text from Guillermo del Toro | | Expanded Storyboards – picture-in-picture storyboard track plays simultaneously with the film | | Cast Video Commentary with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor and Rupert Evans | | Composer’s Commentary with isolated score | | Conceptual Art Galleries | | 20 Minutes Of Additional and Extended Scenes With All-New Director's Commentary | | A Quick Guide to Understanding Comics with Scott McCloud | | “Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation” – 2 hour documentary focusing on bringing Hellboy from script to screen | | “Right Hand of Doom” Set Visits and Factoids |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 10/19/2004 |
| Running Time: 132 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 07544 | | UPC: 00043396075443 | | Number of Discs: 3 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"HELLBOY is engaging." 04/09/2004 p.56New York Times
"Mr. del Toro lets loose with an all-American, vaudevillian rambunctiousness that makes the movie daffy, loose and lovable." 04/02/2004 p.E8 Los Angeles Times
"There's no shortage of slick special effects and rampaging monsters here. Yet what catches the eye and captures the imagination is the lovingly hand-crafted feel of the design..." 04/02/2004 p.C1 USA Today
"Guillermo del Toro has crafted a fiery action picture destined to please comics fans..." 04/09/2004 p.10E Chicago Sun-Times
"It's vibrating with energy, and you can sense the zeal and joy in its making." 04/02/2004 p.37 Box Office
"[A]n engaging supernatural action film....It's easy to be captivated by del Toro's style and the film's overall panache." 05/01/2004 p.29 Sight and Sound
"The bad guys have great looks....HELLBOY succeeds because it brings the visuals from the page to life with a beating red heart." 09/01/2004 p.50-1 Premiere
"Perlman nails Hellboy's blue-collar ethos....[With] visual artistry and sly wit..." 07/01/2004 p.115-16 Uncut
"Perlman is outstanding....Over-the-top fun..." 10/01/2004 p.144 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
My sense is that most comic book aficionados, regardless of whether or not they are familiar with Mi
Slate 9 of 10
Guillermo del Toro is in a class with Peter Jackson as a fan-boy who gets it--a brilliant filmmaker - David Edelstein
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Hellboy is one of those rare movies that's not only based on a comic book, but also feels like - Roger Ebert
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